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Blast Motion is known for making sports sensors aimed at improving your golf, baseball or softball performance and now they've teamed up with TaylorMade on a putter that can analyze your putting strokes. The Spider Interactive Powered by Blast putter marries TaylorMade's most popular putter with …

A growing movement of people believes that indoor farming could be a solution to the increasing demand for food. Instead of natural sunlight, crops grow under LED lights and in a nutrient-rich water-based solution that mimics soil.<p>Using this technique, farmers can grow produce year-round in urban …

Prepare your kindergartener for school with apps that strengthen everything from counting to concentration<p>If your child is entering kindergarten this year, you may be wondering — or worrying about — school readiness. Many parents of kindergartners-to-be spend the weeks leading up to the first day …

Designing an airplane has long been an exercise in tradeoffs. A larger airplane with more powerful engines can hold more people and go farther, but is costlier to run. A smaller one is more cost efficient, but lacks capacity. For decades, these have been nearly inviolable constraints that …

Errors could cause researchers to overestimate the rate of photosynthesis when water is scarce<p>Errors in how scientists account for water loss from leaves may be skewing estimates of how much energy plants make through photosynthesis, according to the latest research. This in turn could jeopardize …

Are GMOs harmful to humanity? It’s a rough question to answer<p><i>This post originally appeared on Grist.</i><p>It was the closest thing you get to a blind date between a scientist and a journalist.<p>I had never met the entomologist John Tooker before he opened his door at Penn State, where I was giving a …

Around seven percent apparently believe we live in some kind of Wonka-fied world where cow udders lactate Ovaltine.<p>A survey put together by the National Dairy Council found that a whopping seven percent of adult Americans—real, functioning, grown-ass humans—think that chocolate milk comes from …

A former senior policy adviser in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, a coalminer in the Latrobe Valley and a family farmer from New South Wales are among a disparate group of Australians who say a universal basic income could significantly improve their lives.<p>The Green Institute has …

While Bitcoin is currently trading at close to its all-time high, its dominance in terms of proportion of total cryptocurrency market cap is rapidly decreasing — ground largely given up to Ethereum.<p>This shift is probably being driven by a few factors. Despite its recent appreciation in value, as a …

If you’re without a pool, you might start feeling some FOMO this summer when you scroll through a feed chock-full of floaties and colorful pool parties. But did you know you can add a giant tub to your backyard without dropping a ton of cash? Stock tank pools are the newest, most wallet-friendly …

The ability to use Siri and a single app to control your smart home technology makes HomeKit compatibility almost a must these days, but so far that has not come cheap – as both Zac and myself discovered. Smart bulbs from the market leader Philips mostly cost $30 per bulb for white and $50 for …

The budget is rich in measures that will steadily increase the downward pressure young Australians already feel on the backs of their necks<p>As the big banks and backbench conservatives are grappling with a new political reality after budget 2017, young Australians find themselves in much the same …

The futuristic champagne-gold Train Suite Shiki-shima, operated by East Japan Railway, has five-star lounge, dining and observatory cars and features a menu devised by a Michelin-starred chef. The 10-car train accommodates just 34 passengers in 17 suites, and the most expensive room, the …

If you’re looking for new apps for your Android device, you’ll be happy to hear that there are a bunch of them on sale over on the Google Play Store. We have compiled a list of the most interesting ones from different categories including tools, health and fitness, photography, education, and more. …